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| | The ``probabilistic method'' is the art of applying probabilistic thinking to non-probabilistic problems. Applications of the probabilistic method often feel like magic. Here is my favorite example: Theorem (Erdös, 1965). Call a set $latex {X}&fg=000000$ sum-free if for all $latex {a, b \in X}&fg=000000$, we have $latex {a + b \not\in X}&fg=000000$. For any finite...
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| | We are all familiar with Pascal's Triangle, also known as the Arithmetic Triangle (AT). Each entry in the AT is the sum of the two closest entries in the row above it. The $latex {k}&fg=000000$-th entry in row $latex {n}&fg=000000$ is the binomial coefficient $latex {\binom{n}{k}}&fg=000000$ (read $latex {n}&fg=000000$-choose-$latex {k}&fg=000000$), the number of ways of...
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| | If $latex Z_1, \dots, Z_n$ are independent $latex \text{Cauchy}(0, 1)$ variables and $latex w= (w_1, \dots, w_n)$ is a random vector independent of the $latex Z_i$'s with $latex w_i \geq 0$ for all $latex i$ and $latex w_1 + \dots w_n = 0$, it is well-known that $latex \displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^n w_i Z_i$ also has a $latex...
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